Ibn Durbas

ibn Durbas or Dirbas, Abd al-Malik ibn Isa Sadr ad-Din ibn Durbas al-Marani was a Kurdish cleric, of Shafi Ashari sect. he was Appointed by Saladin as the Supreme Judge of the Ayyubid Sultanate.
Ibn Durbas hailed from Hadhbani Kurdish tribe, of Banu Maran branch. He served as the Supreme Judge from 3 March 1171- 13 March 1194, which he was replaced with Zayn ad-Din Ali ibn Yusuf al-Dimashqi.

Criticism

Ibn Durbas was criticized for his nepotism by the Algerian writer Al-Wahrāni, who lived during that time and place. Al-Wahrāni invented a dialogue between Ibn Durbas and the Abbasid caliph, as ibn Durbas says to Abbasid caliph: "I became the head of Judiciary system with some of the Kurds they live only for the theft of donkeys and cattle rustling."